I was born in Winthrop, MA. I am the daughter of Italian immigrants. I grew up mostly in Revere, my young childhood in East Boston. I have a BA in English from UMass at Boston.

I am a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Dramatic writing is my key to uncovering my inner world, my way down the rabbit hole, my looking glass outward. Poetry started my quest to translate inner vision to outer reality. From the time I could write, I have been writing poetry, transforming images and color and feeling into a sort of magic. I’ve always felt a sense of magic when creating verse. As a child, I was in love with the magic of sensory perceptions and rhyme, and the mix of concrete and abstract images.

When I became a teenager, that magical process led me to create new worlds, fantastical worlds, for the stage. I cannot pinpoint exactly when I turned to dramatic writing at this time, for it wasn’t a conscious decision. Drama began to envelope me. During my early tinkerings with drama, my brother and I, after school, would gather our friends to our house. I would type out scenes on my Smith Corona. And, every day, our friends would act out my little plays in our living room. Watching, hearing my small plays performed gave me a sense of fulfillment.

Later, when I attended college, I concentrated on poetry and literature. I honed my auditory skills through poetry. As a young adult, I attended Brecht and Bread and Puppet Theatre productions. And, I began reading female playwrights, such as Maria Irene Fornes, Lynn Nottage, and Eve Ensler. I didn’t think about dramatic writing in my younger years, though. Then, I turned 40, and, unexpectedly, my first character, June, appeared to me in an abstract play, ON THE DEATH OF JUNE. I have continued writing experimental theatre, for both indoor stages and site-informed, outdoor spaces, ever since. I have received two grants for my full-length plays. I, then, co-produced both outdoor/interactive plays. I also very recently took screenwriting classes at Gotham Writers in NYC. I have written three short films, and the first, my horror “Viola”, will premiere October, 2022. And, I had a nonfiction article, “I lost over 6 stone-”, published in Metro UK magazine on July 24, 2022.